Tropical Storm GABRIELLE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072013
800 AM AST THU SEP 05 2013
...DISORGANIZED GABRIELLE STILL BRINGING HEAVY RAINS TO PUERTO RICO
AND ADJACENT ISLANDS...
SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.7N 67.4W
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM WSW OF PONCE PUERTO RICO
ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM SE OF PUNTA CANA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB...29.77 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUERTO RICO
* DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO ENGANO TO CABO FRANCES VIEJO
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM SANTO DOMINGO TO CABO ENGANO
INTERESTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE
WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.4 WEST.
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE INVESTIGATING
THE STORM SHORTLY. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8
MPH...13 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH
A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER SHOULD PASS NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF PUERTO
RICO THIS MORNING AND ACROSS THE MONA PASSAGE LATER TODAY.
GABRIELLE SHOULD THEN MOVE EAST OF THE TURKS AND THE CAICOS ISLANDS
ON FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY IN SQUALLS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. GABRIELLE
IS CURRENTLY POORLY ORGANIZED...AND LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
EXPECTED TODAY. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF MOUNTAINOUS
TERRAIN. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...MAINLY IN A FEW SQUALLS...COULD
REACH THE COAST OF PUERTO RICO THIS MORNING...AND COULD REACH THE
WARNING AREA IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA LATER TODAY.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
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FORECASTER BEVEN
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